Slama - 66 Etudes in all Major and Minor Keys for Tuba or Bass Trombone

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Slama - 66 Etudes in all Major and Minor Keys for Tuba or Bass TromboneThe Slama 66 Etudes have been used for over 90 years as a tried and true method for learning all of the major and minor keys on bass clef instruments. It is an excellent book for honing the basics of technique and gaining knowledge of all the scales. This new improved edition has been carefully edited by Ralph Sauer, eliminating many misprints and articulation conflicts. In the transposing of Professor Slamas music into the appropriate range for Tuba

the Native-American and African-American peoples' music

and patriotic in character with a magnificent climax at the ending

but rather has created a general mood with the music

It is literally a rondo with a turn-of-the century (19th-20th) ragtime melody/gallop occupying the A theme followed by a Tango (inspired by trips to Santiago Chile) for the B theme

“the tongue is used merely as an aid in articulating – not as a necessity… the tone does not depend on the tongue… the tongue should not be made too important…”

Ray Kirkham has arranged this great music for Trumpet solo with Piano accompaniment

The singing melody is based on a popular Russian folk song

This crowd-pleaser will work well for advanced performers

Armand Russell’s Whimsical Pieces for Trombone & Piano are in six short movements with alliterative titles that are mostly self-explanatory:

I like the simplicity of this melody

Ralph Sauer's Clef Studies have been recommended by teachers as an intermediate step in learning Tenor and Alto Clefs

These Duets were written for the intermediate and advanced student interested in playing Jazz

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